3 hour Aptos double homicide manhunt ends; 1 arrested

A woman and her husband were slain at their Aptos home Sunday and residents in the area received reverse 911 calls about an extremely dangerous suspect who was at-large.

The double homicide happened in an upscale house on the 100 block of Ridge View Road near Cabrillo College.

A three-hour manhunt for James Henderson in Aptos ended when deputies found him at 7:50 p.m. Henderson fought with deputies until he was tackled and taken into custody.

Henderson is 39-years-old and homeless.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy April Skalland declined to release Henderson's relationship with the victims and why he went to the house. Sources said the wife and husband were slain by their son, and deputies described the case as a "family disturbance."

At 4:48 p.m., a woman called 911 and said someone intentionally ran over her husband with a vehicle outside her house, dispatchers said. The phone disconnected mid-sentence, and she was dead inside the home when deputies arrived.

She suffered blunt force head injuries and a phone was next to her body.

Her husband was also dead, and deputies found his body in the front yard, Skalland said.

No vehicles were missing from the house, so investigators believed the killer fled by running out a back door before authorities arrived.

"Deputies had information James Henderson was a potential suspect and had left the area on foot. A reverse 911 was sent out to the people in the area asking people to lock their doors. Deputies conducted a systematic search of the surrounding properties and found Henderson in a nearby property," Skalland said.